“U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Koschik’s ruling today is a huge victory for the environment, consumers and the public interest,” said Howard Learner, Executive Director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center and one of the attorneys for a coalition of citizens’ organizations. “Judge Koschik correctly determined that Debtor FirstEnergy Solutions’ extraordinarily broad releases of environmental liabilities and responsibilities make the proposed reorganization plan ‘patently unconfirmable.’ Those proposed third-party releases were legally impermissible, unfair and contrary to the public interest by maneuvering to shift coal plant environmental remediation costs and nuclear plant decommissioning costs onto the public.”